Donate your unwanted coats this winter

Wakefield Council, in partnership with Biffa, has launched a winter coat donation appeal to help support people across the district during the colder months.

Residents are encouraged to embrace the spirit of giving this winter, by donating any unwanted coats and jackets.

Items can be donated at selected donation points between 9 to 15 November. Look out for the purple bins displaying the Wakefield Donation Drive stickers.

Donation locations are:

• All Council libraries across the district

• The Community Give Box, Trinity Walk

• Red Roof Centre CIC

• Havercroft and Ryhill Community Learning Project

• St Mary’s Community Centre

Residents can donate adult, children's and baby coats and jackets.

Donated items must:

• Be clean

• Have no rips or tears

• Have working zips or buttons

• Not contain any corporate branding

Collected items will be distributed to vulnerable residents and community groups across the community.

Any items that are found to be unsuitable for donation will be recycled. 

The Winter Coats Appeal forms part of Wakefield Council and Biffa's wider textiles recycling campaign, which encourages residents to consider alternative options when dealing with unwanted clothing, including repairing, rehoming or recycling items where possible. It is important that clothing and textiles are never placed in household waste bins.

Between 2023 and 2025, residents recycled an average of over 360 tonnes of textiles each year through Household Waste Recycling Centres and Bring Sites across the district. The items were then sent to specialist textile processors, where they were sorted for reuse or recycling.

To find out more, visit: Old clothing - Wakefield Council